Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS)
VIHCS is the second of the two 2000 Stories Study cohorts based in Victoria, Australia. VIHCS follows 1,030 children of the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study (VAHCS) participants. The parents have been contacted at four times: during pregnancy, two months after birth, at their child’s first birthday, and as their child turned eight years old, and the children will be contacted at age 15 years for the fifth wave of VIHCS. This will be an exciting opportunity to check in with the VIHCS kids at the same age as their parents were when they began taking part in the study.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth, Cohort - intergenerational
Number of participants at first data collection
665 (parents)
1,030 (children)
Age at first data collection
12 - 18 weeks gestation (parents)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (parents)
2006 - 2013 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
King's College London (KCL)
University College London (UCL)
Links
mcri.edu.au/research/projects/2000-stories
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Australian Federal Government Department of Health and Ageing
Australian Rotary Health (ARH)
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
VicHealth
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
